Tongue-support



(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES FAfrnNr OFFICE.

FRANZ BREGHTING, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

' TONGUE-SUPPORT.

i LSFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,090, dated October 28, 1884.

` Application filed April 5, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, FRANZ BRECHTING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and Statel of Michigan, have invented certain new and use-- ful Improvements in Tongue-Supporters; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters'and figures of reference marked thereon, which forni a part of this specification.

Figure l is a top view showing tongue in position as supported by my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the lineXX of Fig. 1.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through out the several views.

The object'of in'y invention is to provide a tongue-supporter easily adjustable and rernov able at pleasure.

Myinventionis described as follows: Upon the upper side of the inner end of the tongue I-I, I securely fasten the spring J, which supports the tongue, whenv in position, by pressure against the circle C, which is curved or bent at the point I to receive the free end of said spring. The tongue is held in position on the sides by the hounds F F', theinner end prevented from dropping or pushing back- Ward by thestay-bar E, passing through the tongue and resting on the houndsj ust in front and in contact with the bolts D D' of the circle, and from pulling out by the pin G, enga-g ing the evener-plate K, as shown in Fig. 2.

What I claiin, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a tongue-supporter, the combination of the spring J and the circle C, having the curved recess I, with the tongue H, as shown and described.

2. 'In a tongue-supporter, the combination of the spring J, the circle C, having the curved recess I7 the stay-bar E, and tongue H, as shown and described.

3. In a tongue-supporter, the combination of the spring J, the circle C, having the curved recess I, the stay-bar E, the hounds F F, -the sta f-pin G, and the tongue H, all substantially as described.

In testi lnony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

n FRANZ BRECHTING.

Vitnesses:

ADOLPH B. MASON, XVILLMM A. CHAPMAN. 

